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Rush Invites President Obama to Debate! Transcript (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen) » Politico: Rush Job: Inside Democrats' Limbaugh Plan » DCCC Launches New Anti-Rush Site » Union Thugs: Dems Air Another Anti-Rush TV Ad   Reporters Fail to Ask Gibbs About Rahm Emanuel's White House Anti-Rush Operation The media freaked out about Nixon's enemies list, but they applaud Obama's. Don't be fooled because Emanuel was a ballerina, or by his flunkies Carville, Begala, and Stephanopoulos. Emanuel has the instincts of a ferel rat protecting its young. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)   "You're a smart guy, Mr. President.  You've debated the best. You are one of the most gifted public speakers of our age.  I would think you would jump at this opportunity. I'm offering the biggest audience in radio to a Democrat who happens to be President of the United States for fairness and balance -- all without needing the Fairness Doctrine or government mandates."  -Rush Limbaugh   Scared Liberals Flood the Phone Lines. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)

(((( Imagine, Rush Boss (what Keith Olbermann calls Limbaugh) calling my cousin a ballerina and a feral, effeminate rat, yes, my cousin rahm emanuel, for  protecting his youngin',  our president, POTUS OBAMA....Oh, must get this transcript...(SEE ABOVE)now the GRANDE POOH BAH LIMBAUGH BOSS TWEEDE 2009 WANTS HIM ON HIS SHOW sans tele-prompter cue cards notepad....ah, the same sell of dead newsprint....(((( oh, yeah EIB=1 will even pick POTUS 44 up, babe!)))

(((of course, rahm emanuel will go on....but not Mr. Obama. Obama has BIGGER things than to see the main Entertainer, The Chairman of the Board of the Republican Party (LIKE, LIKE SINATRA! ) But El Rushbo will settle for Biden or even Robert Rubin to go on his big show - Golly, I love that show!))))

(((( you see, el rush bo is upset over Politico's L E A K....see twitter and this! this! )))))

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18194.html )))))))

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Cummings is simply taking the stalest 

We know Blago will fight to his last breath, but what are the consequences for Mr. Obama's new Chief of Staff Emanuel?

Senate-for-sale case threatens new chief of staff 

Friendly rapport with Blagojevich may be troubling liability for Emanuel

Blago: 'I will fight… I will fight…'

updated 24 minutes ago

CHICAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is legendary in Illinois political circles for not picking up the phone or returning calls, even from important figures like the state's senior senator, Dick Durbin.

But there was always one call Blagojevich regularly took, say his aides, and that was from Rahm Emanuel — his congressman, his one-time campaign adviser and, more recently — and troubling for Emanuel — one of his contacts with President-elect Barack Obama's transition staff.

The friendly rapport Blagojevich and Emanuel shared over the years has suddenly become a troubling liability for Emanuel and the new president he will serve as chief of staff.

Emanuel and Obama have remained silent about what, if anything, Emanuel knew of the governor's alleged efforts to peddle Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder.

Emanuel did contact the governor's office about the appointment, and left Blagojevich with the impression that he was pushing Valerie Jarrett, a close Obama friend, so he wouldn't have to compete with her in the White House for Obama's attention, said a person close to Blagojevich. The person was not authorized to talk about the governor's discussions regarding the vacancy and requested anonymity.

It was not clear whether Blagojevich inferred Emanuel's motive for advocating Jarrett, or whether Emanuel discussed the appointment with Blagojevich directly or with John Harris, the governor's then-chief of staff who also is charged in the case, according to the source.

Emanuel's refusal to discuss the matter publicly, and the few comments offered by Obama to date, have prompted questions about Emanuel's ties to Blagojevich and what fallout he'll face as the criminal case unfolds, although sources have said he is not a target of prosecutors. Even so, any hint of scandal for Emanuel threatens to tarnish Obama's promise of new political leadership free of scandal and corruption.

Taped conversations
Obama has said he will release a full accounting of his transition staff's interaction with Blagojevich and his aides over his Senate replacement once he receives the OK from prosecutors sometime this week. Until then, Obama has said it would be inappropriate for him or his aides to comment further.

Prosecutors refer in the 76-page complaint to the governor's discussions on FBI tapes about a "president-elect advisor," believed to be Emanuel, but they do not specifically cite contacts with Emanuel or anyone on Obama's transition staff.

Instead, the taped conversations reveal Blagojevich telling others to float his idea by the president's adviser of forming a nonprofit that he hoped would, with Obama's help, receive millions of dollars that the governor could tap later.

Blagojevich said he didn't want the idea associated directly in conversations about the Senate appointment or filling Emanuel's seat in the House, according to the complaint. However, Blagojevich is quoted as saying "I want it to be in his head" for later discussions about Emanuel's successor.

It was Blagojevich who, seemingly out of nowhere, yanked Emanuel into his scandal when answering reporters' questions the day before his Dec. 9 arrest, invoking his name in an apparent attempt to shrug off any perception of wrongdoing.

He said he wasn't concerned about a report in the Chicago Tribune that confidant and former aide John Wyma's cooperation had helped lead federal prosecutors to tape the governor's conversations.

Senate seat only part of case against Blagojevich

Big deal, Blagojevich said. He said he's "always lawful" whenever he speaks, and he was confident Wyma has been "an honest person who's conducted himself in an honest way. That's the John Wyma I know and it's the John Wyma that Rahm Emanuel knows and a lot of other people know."

Blagojevich is right. Wyma does have ties to both him and Emanuel, those close to both have said. And Wyma's clients contributed to both — more than $100,000 to Emanuel's campaigns and causes, and more than $445,000 to Blagojevich's, according to campaign finance records reviewed by The Associated Press.

Wyma and his attorney, Zachary Fardon, did not respond to interview requests.

Emanuel's defenders say he is hardly an ally of Blagojevich.

"They were in different worlds personally and politically," said Peter Giangreco, a political consultant on Blagojevich's 1996 congressional campaign and his two gubernatorial races. "They only dealt with each other because they occupied the same political geography."

Emanuel's effort to promote Jarrett or anyone else for Obama's vacant Senate seat was more a part of his new job description and less a reflection of close ties, Emanuel's supporters have said.

But there was more to their relationship than a polite acquaintance.

CONTINUED : Two share political past, rooted in Chicago

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Paging Aaron Sorkin! Got a real-life "West Wing" on our hands!

No need for MSNBC, though -- got the DRUDGE REPORT, pardner!

DRUDGE SEZ:

BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS

Tue Nov 11 2008 09:28:10 ET

Just hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.

"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.

"BUSH AND OBAMA AT ODDS OVER AID FOR AUTO INDUSTRY," splashed the NEW YORK TIMES in an exclusive Monday evening, quoting "people familiar with the discussion."

The two met at the White House in private, without staff.

"Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some aid and a broader economic stimulus package if Obama and congressional Democrats dropped their opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia," claimed the TIMES.

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The ASSOCIATED PRESS quickly followed with details of the conversation, citing "aides who described the discussion on grounds of anonymity, citing the private nature of the meeting."

Bush advisers view the leaks as an effort to undermine the president's remaining days in office.

"Senator Obama may not be familiar with a long-standing tradition of presidents holding their private conversations, private," a senior adviser explained to the DRUDGE REPORT.

Developing...

((((oy veys mere! Who is going to lasso those staffers and SHUT THEIR YAPPERS?  WHO IS THEIR ENFORCER?))))

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My Cousin, Rahm Emanuel

So, I receive this e-mail from my brother Dan around a week ago - it is a half-text message, half-e-mail, you know what I mean, right? Now, this is before the election:

From: Daniel Miller
To: Abbe Buck (HighViz Consulting)
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 6:16:08 PM
Subject: Re: BOO! Happy Hallowe'en! - 70 years ago Martians invaded Grovers Mill, N.J.

abbe been so bz
but good
today i played golf it was 68 and blues skies picked up tux for ronald mcdonald house charity event tommorow next week im at this rick bayless great chefs of chi town gig
im in vegas nov 20 robert and jamie are meetin me boys weekend lots of golf
u comin in the week before i leave for vegas e mail me the date
your kin rahm emanuel white house chief of staff get me some-
say hi to skitch and gene

Well, so he's my cousin. Just sayin'. He is my distant cousin on my late Mother's side of the family, and he is a first cousin of the infamous Howard Stern (ICK.) He is also the prototype for Josh Lyman (sic) on the "West Wing", I think, and a lot of the character in "Entourage" (Jeremy Piven) is based on Rahm Israel Emanuel's brother Ari. What the (bleep!) do I know? I used to work indirectly (sic) for Jack Abramoff,* so I cross whatever party line I can -- a gal has to earn a buck. Me, pit bulls, "rahmbo". It is in the blood. And it is all good.

((((So, any chance I can go to the inauguration....work in PA? hmmmmmmm? Perhaps I will call my Auntie Saralee and ask HER.))))

---AB

Ref: Click here

*HighVizPR + Promotion = the new journalism. Politics = Show Biz! News ...

DEMOCRATIC TARGET (This is about my distant cousin, doncha know) Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ...

highvizpr.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html - 193k - Cached

*HighVizPR + Promotion = the new journalism. Politics = Show Biz! News ...
Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ... that I won't be linking to: (((but HighVizPR must and WILL -- this is WHY I BLOG ...highvizpr.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html - 193k - Cached

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ps: more about rahm and ari on http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/11/michael_moore_l.html